Results from on-farm research trials and a partial budget economic analysis compared split-row planters to 30-inch-row planters. Many of the soybean acres in Michigan are planted in 15-inch rows using ...

Corn grain yield increases of up to 7 to 9 percent have occurred in 20-inch rows when directly compared to 30-inch rows. However, yield increases with narrow rows have not always occurred. The ...

Yorkville. After derecho damage in August, the northern Illinois site had a 7-bushel penalty on narrow-row corn, but likewise, five varieties had a greater-than-12-bushel advantage. And one even had a ...

From 1997 to 1999, researchers conducted row width trials for corn silage at 12 sites in south-central Wisconsin, at latitudes similar to Rochester. Trials compared the standard row width of 30 inches ...

Both years, twin rows outperformed 30-inch rows. In a twin-row configuration, corn is planted in paired rows, usually 7 to 8 inches apart, on 30-inch centers. The idea behind this system is to ...